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Women's Basketball Faces Drury Friday in GLVC Quarterfinals

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The Maryville women's basketball team is the No. 8 seed and faces top-seed Drury in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Deaconess Great Lakes Valley Conference championship at Noon Friday, March 3, in Evansville, Ind. The Saints bring a 13-13 record to the quarterfinals after an 8-10 league mark.
 
The Saints began the tournament as the No. 11 seed but toppled No. 6 Truman State 80-78 on Alex Wolf's offensive rebound and layup at the buzzer.  Drury is the No. 1 seed and posted a record of 25-3 overall, 17-1 in the GLVC. DU is ranked No. 8 nationally in NCAA Division II. Drury swept the season series against the Saints, winning 78-50 in Springfield Dec. 3, 2016, and 75-50 in St. Louis Feb. 16.
 
If the Saints are victorious, they will play in the semifinals Saturday, March 4, at 6 p.m. against the No. 4 Bellarmine-No. 5 Rockhurst winner. The championship game and automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament is on the line Sunday, March 5, in a 3:30 p.m. start.
 
The other quarterfinals matchups are No. 2 Southern Indiana versus No. 7 Indianapolis and No. 3 Lewis facing No. 6 Missouri-St. Louis.
 
The GLVC Tournament is being held at the Ford Center in Evansville. General admission tickets are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000 or locally at (812) 422-1515. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Ford Center Ticket Office. All-Tournament passes are $42, while Session Flex Passes are $32, allowing you access to any two of the first six sessions, excluding Sunday's finals. Single-session tickets are $18 for adults and $8 for students 6 to 17 in age, while children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge, but must be accompanied by an adult.
 
All the tournament games will be broadcast live and free on the GLVC Sports Network at www.glvcsn.com.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alex Wolf

#21 Alex Wolf

F
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Alex Wolf

#21 Alex Wolf

6' 0"
Senior
F
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